Improvement in reaping-machines



UNITED STATES E. P. RUSSELL, 0FV MANLIUS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN REAPING MACHiNES.

Speciicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No 55,910, dated June .6, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, E. P. RUSSELL, ot' Manlius, Onondaga" ounty, in the State of New York, have in vel. ed certain new and useful lmprovemen ts in Harvester Dumper-Reels, beingan improved mode of discharging the wheat from the platform in gavels or sheaves 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specication, and to the letters of reference thereon marked.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the machine ready for action, and before a quantity sufficient for a gavel is cut. Fig'. 2 is an end View, the red lines indicating the position of the side dumper when it has discharged its portion of a gavel. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the dumper-reel, the red lines indicating its position after discharging or dumping a gavel.

My invention is intended to be used instead of that device known as a rake Ywhich is usually attached to a harvester, or instead of a hinged or pivoted dumping-platform; and its object is to dump or drop the wheat off from the cutter-bar, when enough has been cut to form a gavel, by the simple action ofthe foot ot' the driver of the harvester.

To enable harvester-builders to make anduse my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

ln the drawings similar characters refer to like parts.

A represents the general framework, to which the wheels, drivers seat, &c., are attached; B, the driving-wheels. C is the cutterbar, which is securedto and turns up upon the diagonal bracing-rods D. E is the dividing guard-linger, provided with a small Wheel, F. G G are light and strong braces attached to and extending upward and to the rear of the cutter-bar, for the purpose ofsupporting the revolving dumper at a point in rear ofthe cutterbar.

H is the revolving dumper-reel, which consists ot' an axle turning in bearings fastened to braces G G', and provided with arms and broad wings, upon which the cut Wheat falls. The drawings show the reel with two of these broad win gs 5 but a larger number can be used, if preferred. The outer end of the reel-axle turns in a stationary bearing at 1. The inner end, at 2, has its bearing in a bar, I, which is pivoted at 3 to a lng` upon the stud plate, K, so that the bar I and the inner end ot' the axle can rise and fall a little. a is a stud upon the plate K to guide the bar l asit rises and falls. L is a double-ended trip-lever fastened to the inner end ot' the reel-shaft. lIhis lever L has near each end a shoulder, z, which plays upon the curved surface .r ot= the stud-plate K,so that as the reel is tripped this shoulder z, riding upon the surface x, raises the front end of bar I up a little, so that the inner end -of the reel-shaft shall be at its highest point at the instant that the gavel is discharged. From this it results thatas soon as the ga'vel is discharged the end falls down with such an impetus as to make the trigger device set itself for the next discharge.

M is a catch which turns loosely upon thev inner end of the reel-shaft, and is loosely pivoted at the other end to the operating-lever N. The opera-tion ot' catch M is shown iu Figs. 1 and 2.

O is the side dum per, turnin g with the hingebar P, having its ends pivoted in journalbrackets extending from braces G.

R is a bent rod extending from the rear of the brace G to a point forward near the toe of the dividing-iinger E.

Q are several wire links hooked in the outer edge-of side dumper, and having their other ends to slide loosely upon the rod R, as indicated by red lines in Fig. 2.

S is a stud fixed at right angles to the bar P, so that the arms of the cam-levers'l on the reel-shaftshall strike against the stud S, and thereby trip the side dumper, y

Uis the track-clearer, and consists of a brace and curved wing (steadicd by a small wheel) extending backward from the outer end of the cutter-bar, at au angle of about forty-live degrees, toward the driver, so that when lthe ga vel is dumped the track-clearer shall sweep it to the left, ont of the way, ready for the next round.

The operation of my invention is as simple as it is effective. W`hen sufficient grain has been cut to form a gavel (as the grain is cut it falls with the heads restiu gprinci pall y upon the reel-wing, but partially upon the side-dumper) the driver gives a vigorous push of his foot (see Fig. l) to the bent end of lever N, which causes catch M to quickly pull forward the upper end of trip-lever L, which, heilig fast to the reelshat't, trips the lower Wing1 of the dumperreel, as shown in Fig. 3, and dumps the Wheat ofi' from it upon the ground. At the same time the ca1n-lever T upon the reel-shaft strikes against the stud S of the side dum per-shaft, P, thereby tripping the side dumper and dumping the grain which laid upon the si de dumper, as shown by red lines in Fig. 2. rlhe balance of weight oi' the side dumper restores it to its quiet position when the grain is discharged.

At the instant that the grain is discharged from the reel-wing the inner end ot' the reelshaft is somewhat raised, as before described, so that the weight ot' the grain being` removed the fall of that end of the shaft serves to assist the reel in making a complete revolution to bring the other Wing` immediately in position for the next gavel. It is intended that the other end of trip-lever L shall, asit turns, slip past the beveled edge of catch M and set itself for the next dumping. After the grain has thus been dumped the machine passes on,

and the track-clearer easily sweeps to the left in a gavel out of the track, So as to be ready for another round.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The side dumper, O, or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The domper-reel H, in combination with the side dumper, O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

The combination of the damper-reel H, side dumper, O, and track-clearer U, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. rlhe device used for tripping the dumperreel, substantially in the manner described.

5. The device used for tripping the side dumper, substantially in the manner described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, 1866.

E. P. RUSSELL.

Witnesses JOSEPH BAKER, S. WV. RUSSELL. 

